End-gate



(No Model.)

R. CAMERON.

END GATE.

No. 442,217. Patented Dec. 9, 1890.

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MNTTEE STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ROBERT CAMERON, OE BERNALILLO, TERRITORY OF NE\V MEXICO.

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SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,217, dated December 9, 1890. Application filed September 27, 1890. Serial No. 366,296. (No model.)

T 1J/7, whom, it may concern: Y

13e it known that I, ROBERT CAMERON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bernalillo, in the county of Bernalillo and Territory of New Mexico, have invented certain ne??y and useful Improvements in End-Gates for Vehicles, of which the following is a full and clear description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part oi' this specification, in which- Figure l isa rear view ot a vehicle-body, showing my improved end-gate in position. llig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View ot the same on the line X X of Eig. 1, showing in dotted lines the position of the end-gate when thrown open.

hl y invention relates to endfgates for vehicles; and it consists in the constructions and combinations of devices which I shall hereinafter full y describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now describe its construction and indicate the manner in which the same is carried out.

In the said drawings, A indicates avehiclebody ot any well-known construction, and B is an end-gate Fitted to the rear portion thereof just inside of the rear extremity of said body. To one side ot' the body just in rear ot the end-gate is secured a plate C, from the inner face ot' which projects a staple or eye o, and to the outer edge of the plate C is hinged a plate C', having a slot h adapted to receive the staple or eye a, and having its free edge bent at right angles and adapted to bear against the back of the end-gate, the said gate being confined between said plate and a cleat c on the wagon-body at one side and between two spaced cleats d on the opposite side of said body, as shown in Fig. 2. It desired, the plates C C may be dispensed with, in which case the staple or eye a will be secured directly to the wooden side of the body without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The end-gate I3 has suitable cleats c secured to its rear side, and through one of which passes a bolt D, having mounted thereon a lever E, one end of which is formed with a handle portion g, by which the lever is operated, while the opposite end is bent at about right angles and formed into a hook 7i, which is designed to pass up into and through the staple or eye a to secure the end-gate in posiltion. The end-gate has also secured to it a plate F, to which is hinged or pivotally secured a bolt G, which projects through ahole Z in the side of the body A, and has a slot fm, formed in its outer end, adapted to receive a key Il, suspended from the body of the vehicle by a chain or other ilexible connection I. From this description it will be seen that when the lever is turned about the bolt to cause the disengagement oi' its hook with the staple or eye a the end-gate may turn about the hinge or pivot connection of the bolt G with the plate F and be caused to assume a p0- sition parallel with the side oi the body A, thereby permitting the body to discharge its load. It it be desired to remove the end-gate entirely the key II is withdrawn from the slot in the bolt G, when said bolt maybe readily pulled out of the hole Z and the end-gate lifted entirely from the body.

The construction described is simple and effective, and provides a means for locking the end-gate in position, or for swinging the end-gate so that the load may be discharged, or for removing the end-gate entirely when the circumstances require that the same should be done.`

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ism

l. A vehicle-body having a staple or eye projecting from one of its inner sides, in combination with an end-gate having a hook for engaging said staple or eye, and a hinged bolt at the opposite side for detaehably securing said `gate, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination, with a body portion, of an end-gate having the plate F secured thereto and provided with a hinged bolt adapted to pass through au opening in the side of the body, a key adapted to engage the outer end of said bolt, and a locking device at the opposite end of said gate, substantially as herein described.

3. rl`he combination, with a body portion, of an end-gate having the plate F secured thereto and provided with a swinging bolt ICO G, adapted to pass through an opening in the Side ot' the body, a key Suspended from the outside of said body and adapted to pass through a slot in said bolt, and a lever on the gate having a hooked end adapted to engage a Btaple or eye on the body portion, whereby sald gate is secured, Substantially as herein described.

4. The body portion having the plate C secured thereto and provided with a staple 0r eye,'and a slotted hinged section C', having its outer edge bent, in combination With an end-gate secured between said bent end and suitable cleats on the body portion, a lever on the gate, having a handle portion, a hooked end adapted to engage said staple or eye, a plate F, also secured to said gate and having a bolt hinged thereto and adapted to pass through an opening in the side of the body, and a key suspended from the outside of the body and adapted to pass through a slot in the bolt` substantially as herein described.

ROBERT CAMERON.v

Witnesses;

B. P. SCHUSTER, ALBERT FABER. 

